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December 7, 2004
Galvanize
This scene also comes from the Hampden Village neighborhood in Baltimore. And yes, it was purely luck that this sleek, silver, retro-yet-modern beetle parked itself squarely in front of a vintage store called "Galvanize." This sure makes up for all those times I wanted to take a picture of a building and found some ugly car in my way.
All images copyrighted, and unauthorized use prohibited. Please contact me for permission. Posted by claire-obscure at December 7, 2004 10:21 PM
Comments
Great shot. I really like the composition and good that you have chosen b&w for this one.
Posted by: Marina at December 8, 2004 2:27 AM
That is cool! How lucky for you that the car was parked right there! The lamppost also provides a great vertical contrast to the rest of the horizontals.
I think black and white works perfectly on this shot. This is really nice.
Posted by: tamara at December 8, 2004 11:03 AM
This is so neat I'm gonna use it as my wallpaper. Beautiful as usual :)
Posted by: karenology at December 8, 2004 2:07 PM
So many lines! It is always nice to be reminded of the geometric nature of the world. What really work well here is the B/W with the shiny paint of the beetle: it gives the whole photo a strong post-modern feel.
Posted by: Massimo at December 8, 2004 7:47 PM
R e t r o
Vintage
Neon lights in the store window...wow!
Reminds me of the VW print ad campaign from
when I was in my single digits.
Picture a VW bug in your driveway
with copy text of
"Volkswagen. It makes your house look bigger."
And so, this photo make your photoblog look better.
;-O
Posted by: HiMY SYeD [www.Photopia.TYO.ca] at December 8, 2004 7:51 PM
This is great. Was it purely luck that the Beetle is so well positioned?
It's a really crisp b&w conversion which works very well. I also think the cropping is perfect. Nice work!
Posted by: Stuart at December 8, 2004 7:52 PM
Beautiful contrast between the old and new. I love the silky curves versus the cluttered 60's (?) style building. You captured it so much better in b&w. Great stuff!
Posted by: brandon at December 8, 2004 10:21 PM
Perfect silver glow, clean and crisp image!
gotta love it!
Posted by: Nitsa at December 12, 2004 1:36 PM
Not only perfect positioning of the car but perfect lighting! right place right time...bitchen.
Posted by: ryan at December 27, 2004 8:39 AM
niiiiiiiiiiiiice!
Posted by: marc at January 30, 2005 12:59 PM